1932-12-07 Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage.
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Breakdown: 1975 | Self | 2025-12-18 |
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Duse, the Greatest | 2025-02-03 | |
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This Ordinary Thing | Self (voice) | 2025-12-05 |
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Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | 2025-11-21 |
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Mother, Couch | Mother | 2024-07-05 |
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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump | E. Jean Carroll | 2024-10-03 |
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Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist | Self | 2024-03-26 |
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Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain | Self | 2023-12-08 |
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The Exorcist: Believer | Chris MacNeil | 2023-10-04 |
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Three Months | Valerie | 2022-02-23 |
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Paul Newman, derrière les yeux bleus | Herself | 2021-12-04 |
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Watch on the Rhine | Fanny | 2021-05-13 |
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Queen Bees | Helen Wilson | 2021-06-11 |
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Pieces of a Woman | Elizabeth Weiss | 2020-12-30 |
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Delphine et Carole, insoumuses | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-14 |
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American Woman | Miss Dolly | 2019-09-12 |
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Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies | Self | 2019-07-21 |
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Lucy in the Sky | Nana Holbrook | 2019-09-20 |
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The House of Tomorrow | Josephine Prendergast | 2019-06-20 |
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The Tale | Nettie | 2018-01-20 |
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All I Wish | Celia Berges | 2018-02-01 |
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Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
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Nostalgia | Helen Greer | 2018-02-16 |
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Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime | Self | 2017-04-05 |
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Wiener-Dog | Nana | 2016-06-24 |
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Custody | Beatrice Fisher | 2016-04-17 |
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Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
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About Scout | Gram | 2015-04-25 |
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The Age of Adaline | Flemming | 2015-04-16 |
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Interstellar | Murph (older) | 2014-11-05 |
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Petals on the Wind | Olivia Foxworth | 2014-05-26 |
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Draft Day | Barb Weaver | 2014-04-11 |
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The Calling | Emily Micallef | 2014-08-05 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
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River of Fundament | Hathfertiti | 2014-02-12 |
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Flowers in the Attic | Grandmother | 2014-01-18 |
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La Voie de l‘ennemi | Mère Garnett | 2014-05-07 |
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Wish You Well | Louisa Mae Cardinal | 2013-10-19 |
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Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013-05-30 |
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Nanette | 2012-02-24 |
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Another Happy Day | Doris Baker | 2011-11-18 |
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The Mighty Macs | Mother St. John | 2011-10-21 |
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Main Street | Georgiana Carr | 2010-10-21 |
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Reflections of a Philosopher King | Self | 2010-11-23 |
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America Lost and Found: The BBS Story | Self | 2010-11-23 |
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BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
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According to Greta | Katherine | 2009-11-25 |
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Lovely, Still | Mary | 2009-10-03 |
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PoliWood | Self | 2009-07-03 |
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The Velveteen Rabbit | Swan (voice) | 2009-02-27 |
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W. | Barbara Bush | 2008-10-17 |
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Miss Addie | 2008-09-12 |
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Mitch Albom's For One More Day | Pauline "Posey" Benetto | 2007-12-09 |
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The Stone Angel | Hagar | 2007-09-12 |
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Mrs. Harris | Former Tarnower Steady | 2006-02-25 |
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Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self | 2006-05-03 |
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The Fountain | Dr. Lillian Guzetti | 2006-11-22 |
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30 Days | Maura | 2006-10-06 |
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The Elephant King | Diana Hunt | 2006-04-26 |
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The Wicker Man | Sister Summersisle | 2006-08-31 |
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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Self | 2006-06-22 |
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Our Fathers | Mary Ryan | 2005-05-11 |
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances | Self | 2004-08-24 |
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The Five People You Meet In Heaven | Ruby | 2004-12-05 |
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The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel | Tommie | 2004-10-31 |
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A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
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Brush with Fate | Rika | 2003-01-01 |
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Vivi Abbott Walker | 2002-06-07 |
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Red Dragon | Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited) | 2002-10-02 |
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The Making of Requiem for a Dream | Self | 2001-05-22 |
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Memories, Dreams & Addictions | Self | 2001-05-22 |
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Within These Walls | Joan Thomas | 2001-08-20 |
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Requiem for a Dream | Sara Goldfarb | 2000-10-06 |
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Mermaid | Trish | 2000-05-21 |
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The Yards | Val Handler | 2000-04-27 |
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Walking Across Egypt | Mattie Rigsbee | 1999-01-01 |
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Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick | Self | 1999-04-25 |
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Night Ride Home | Maggie | 1999-02-07 |
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The Patron Saint of Liars | June Clatterbuck | 1998-04-05 |
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You Can Thank Me Later | Shirley Cooperberg | 1998-09-03 |
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The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist | Self - Chris MacNeil | 1998-06-13 |
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Playing by Heart | Mildred | 1998-12-30 |
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Marilyn in Manhattan | Self | 1998-09-05 |
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A Deadly Vision | Yvette Watson | 1997-04-21 |
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Flash | Laura Strong | 1997-12-21 |
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Deceiver | Mook | 1997-08-31 |
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Timepiece | Maud Gannon | 1996-12-22 |
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The Spitfire Grill | Hannah Ferguson | 1996-08-23 |
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Roommates | Judith | 1995-03-03 |
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How to Make an American Quilt | Hy Dodd | 1995-10-06 |
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The Baby-Sitters Club | Mrs. Haberman | 1995-08-18 |
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Follow The River | Gretel | 1995-04-22 |
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My Brother's Keeper | Helen | 1995-03-19 |
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When a Man Loves a Woman | Emily | 1994-04-29 |
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Getting Out | Arlie's Mother | 1994-04-25 |
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Getting Gotti | Jo Giacalone | 1994-05-10 |
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Trick of the Eye | Frances Griffin | 1994-10-22 |
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Roots of Roe | Narrator (voice) | 1993-11-29 |
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The Cemetery Club | Esther Moskowitz | 1993-02-03 |
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Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story | Joan Delvecchio | 1993-09-27 |
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When It Was a Game 2 | Passage Narrator (voice) | 1992-07-13 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story | Wilma | 1992-03-15 |
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Grand Isle | Mademoiselle Reisz | 1991-08-23 |
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Dying Young | Mrs. O'Neil | 1991-06-20 |
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Picture This | Self | 1991-09-06 |
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Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love | Lillian "Lil" Lambert | 1991-05-12 |
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When You Remember Me | Nurse Cooder | 1990-10-07 |
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The Color of Evening | Kate O'Rielly | 1990-09-01 |
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
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Hanna's War | Katalin | 1988-04-14 |
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Hello Actors Studio | Self | 1988-11-09 |
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Pack of Lies | Barbara Jackson | 1987-04-26 |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Mrs. Stocks (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
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Act of Vengeance | Margaret Yablonski | 1986-09-04 |
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Something in Common | Lynn Hollander | 1986-11-02 |
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Surviving | Tina Brogan | 1985-02-10 |
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Into Thin Air | Joan Walker | 1985-10-29 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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The Ambassador | Alex Hacker | 1985-01-11 |
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Twice in a Lifetime | Kate MacKenzie | 1985-10-23 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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I Love Liberty | Self | 1982-03-21 |
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Silence of the North | Olive Frederickson | 1981-10-23 |
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People vs. Jean Harris | Jean Harris | 1981-05-07 |
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Sois belle et tais-toi ! | Self | 1981-03-04 |
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Resurrection | Edna | 1980-09-26 |
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Same Time, Next Year | Doris | 1978-04-23 |
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Κραυγή Γυναικών | Brenda Collins | 1978-05-21 |
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Providence | Sonia Langham | 1977-01-25 |
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Alice Hyatt | 1974-12-09 |
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Harry and Tonto | Shirley Mallard | 1974-08-12 |
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Thursday's Game | Lynne Evers | 1974-04-14 |
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
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The Exorcist | Chris MacNeil | 1973-12-26 |
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The King of Marvin Gardens | Sally | 1972-10-13 |
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The Last Picture Show | Lois Farrow | 1971-10-03 |
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Alex in Wonderland | Beth Morrison | 1970-12-22 |
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Tropic of Cancer | Mona (uncredited) | 1970-02-27 |
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Pit Stop | Ellen McCleod | 1969-05-14 |
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For Those Who Think Young | Dr. Pauline Swenson | 1964-06-01 |
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Goodbye Charlie | Franny Salzman | 1964-11-18 |
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Ricochet | Rose Maxon | 1961-10-03 |
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The Christmas Tree | Elizabeth | 1958-12-14 |
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Easy Out? | Mary | 1948-01-01 |
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Place To Be | Brooke |
